More than 100 flights cancelled over Thai airlines safety concerns

More than 100 flights cancelled over Thai airlines safety concerns – themalaymailonline.com, March 31, 2015…The halt is disrupting the peak travel season around the Thai new year in April. About 100 charter flights to Japan alone have been cancelled and some 30,000 tickets either refunded or modified, the director general of Thailand’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Somchai Piputwat told reporters yesterday.
Budget carriers have been worst hit though national carrier Thai Airways International, which is in the midst of a major restructuring, has also been prevented from expanding because of the halt, Thai officials said…

After the mess from Civil Aviation Dept, Big jin order the creation of National Institute of Civil Aviation on 1 April 2015 to review all the 29 new airlines which prop up since 2005 when it used to be 12 airlines while the ICAO grade of Civil Aviation Dept has been deteriorated from 80% to 35.6% – this has been done by Article 44 (Modern Day Article 17)http://www.thairath.co.th/content/490353